Ed Miliband speech Miliband speech SOT That changes the priorities for government when this government came to office they've cut taxes for large...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Labour Party Conference 2013: Ed Miliband speech; Miliband speech SOT\r\n- That changes the priorities for government, when this government came to office, they've cut taxes for large businesses by 6bn but raised taxes on small businesses, now I don't think that's the right priority.\r\n\r\nYes, we need a competitive tax regime for large businesses, but frankly they've short-changed small businesses and I'm going to put it right. If the next Labour government takes power in 2015, we would use the money that this government used to cut taxes for large businesses to cut business rates for 1.5m businesses across our country. That???s the way we win the race to the top. \r\n\r\nOne Nation Labour - the party of small business, cutting small business rates when we come to office in 2015 and freezing them the next year, benefiting businesses by ??450 a year - that???s how we win the race to the top, friends. We've also got to nurture the talents of the next generation, the skills of people. There are so many brilliant businesses in our country who provide amazing training for the workforce, but we???ve got to face facts, and leading businesses say this to me too, which is there aren???t enough of them, and we???ve got to work to change that. So we???ll say if you want a major government contract you might provide apprenticeships to the next generation.\r\n\r\nWe???ll say if you want to bring in a skilled worker from outside the EU then you???ll also have a legal duty to provide an apprenticeship to the next generation. I???ll also say to companie  s doing the right thing, training their workforce, that they will have power to call time on free-riding by competitors who refuse to do the same. That???s where how we win the race to the top, friends.\r\n\r\nIt's not just businesses who have to accept responsibility, it's young people too. We have a tragedy in this country: hundreds of thousands of young people who leave school and end up on the dole. We???ve got this word for it don???t we: ...", "Image Copyright": "ITN POOL"}